| Agdistis takamukui | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pterophoridae |
| Genus: | Agdistis |
| Species: | A. takamukui |
| Binomial name | |
| Agdistis takamukui Nohira, 1919 | |
Agdistis takamukui is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found on Kyushu island in Japan.
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The Pterophoridae or plume moths are a family of Lepidoptera with unusually modified wings. Though they belong to the Apoditrysia like the larger moths and the butterflies, unlike these they are tiny and were formerly included among the assemblage called "microlepidoptera".
Agdistis is a genus of moths in the family Pterophoridae described by Jacob Hübner in 1825. It is the only genus in the Agdistinae subfamily which was described by J. W. Tutt in 1906.
Agdistis meridionalis, the sea-side plume, is a moth of the family Pterophoridae, first described by the German entomologist Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1847. It is found in Europe.
Platyptilia ainonis is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is known from Japan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.
Agdistis heydeni is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is known from western Asia, southern Europe, Hungary, Poland, North Africa and the Canary Islands.
Agdistis halodelta is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is known from the Iberian Peninsula, North Africa and Israel.
Agdistis frankeniae is a moth in the family Pterophoridae. It is found from Siberia through Central Asia, the northern parts of Asia and North Africa along the Mediterranean and in the west from the Canary Islands to southern France.
Agdistis adactyla is a moth species in the family Pterophoridae, and the type species of genus Agdistis. It is known from most of the Palearctic realm, where it occurs from central and south-western Europe and North Africa to eastern Asia.
Agdistis nanodes is a moth in the family Pterophoridae. It is known from Egypt, Iran, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Oman and Yemen.
Agdistis arabica is a moth in the family Pterophoridae. It is known from Israel, Iran, Pakistan, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, Egypt and Pakistan.
Agdistis cretifera is a moth in the family Pterophoridae. It is known from South Africa and Namibia.
Agdistis gibberipennis is a moth in the family Pterophoridae. It is known from South Africa.
Agdistis lomholdti is a moth in the family Pterophoridae. It is known from South Africa and Namibia.
Agdistis malitiosa is a moth in the family Pterophoridae. It is known from Namibia, South Africa, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Agdistis obstinata is a moth in the family Pterophoridae. It is known from South Africa, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Saudi Arabia, Yemen and Ethiopia.
Agdistis pustulalis is a moth in the family Pterophoridae. It is known from South Africa, Lesotho, Namibia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Zambia and Malawi.
Agdistis reciprocans is a moth in the family Pterophoridae. It is known from South Africa.
Agdistis spinosa is a moth in the family Pterophoridae. It is known from South Africa and Namibia.
Agdistis tsumkwe is a moth in the family Pterophoridae. It is known from South Africa and Namibia.
Agdistis flavissima is a moth in the family Pterophoridae. It is known to occur in China (Xinjiang), Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and European Russia.